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Today and Today and Today

April 30, 2013
By NonaBear SILVER, Sharon, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” - Maya Angelou

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A dew drop fell from a leaf
In the time that yesterday became today
And today became tomorrow
When a butterfly spread her wings for the first time
And tomorrow became a single moment
Where our eyes locked, and I took my last breath
And the stars exploded into twinkling bits of silver
But not before a candle was lit
And led us down a corridor of stone
It was yesterday that I tripped
And today that I slipped
And tomorrow that I fell
But it is also yesterday and today and tomorrow that I got up again
Taking your outstretched hand
And following the light into the restful dark
So when I turned back for the last time
I smiled because the corridor had actually been a meadow

© Ashley D., Philadelphia, PA

The author's comments:
This piece was based/adapted from Shakespeare's famous "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" in which Macbeth contemplates the pointlessness of life.
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